UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – In a defensive battle, No. 10 Maryland women's lacrosse fell to No. 18 Penn State, 12-7, at Panzer Stadium on Thursday night. The Terps are now 12-4 overall (4-1 Big Ten), while the Nittany Lions advanced to 11-4 (3-2 Big Ten).
 
Libby May and Kori Edmondson each notched a hat trick to lead the Terps with three goals apiece. On defense, Abby Bosco had three caused turnovers for the Terps. 
 
Penn State led 4-3 at the half, reeling off four goals in a row after Edmondson and May scored the first two goals of the game for the Terps. While Maryland kept the deficit at one late in the third quarter, Penn State rattled off five fourth-quarter goals to pull away late.
  
Breaking Down The Action

• Edmondson and May opened up the scoring for the Terps with a pair of free position shots to claim a 2-0 lead in the first 8:12 of the game. Penn State responded with a free position shot goal of their own to cut Maryland's lead in half at 2-1 to end the first quarter. 
• Nearing the midway point of the second quarter, the Nittany Lions continued their run with three goals from Murray, Kelly and Kristin O'Neill to take a 4-2 lead with 5:57 to go in the first half. May recorded her second goal of the contest with a woman up off a feed from Shaylan Ahearn with 2:20 to go in the first half to shorten the margin to 4-3 heading into the break.
• The Nittany Lions continued their 6-1 run, opening the third-quarter scoring with goals from Kelly, who scored her second of the game, and Brooke Barger to give Penn State a 6-3 lead with 8:02 to go in the third. Maryland cut the deficit to one as May sealed her ninth hat trick of the campaign with a free position goal and Eloise Clevenger netted her first goal of the contest with 3:48 left in the third stanza. Kelly added her third goal of the contest to pad Penn State's cushion to 7-5 with 28 seconds remaining in the third.
• Murray and Kelly added two more goals, putting the lead at 9-5 in favor of Penn State. Edmondson notched her ninth hat trick of the campaign with a pair of goals to draw the Terps within two. Hoss and Murray wrapped up their hat tricks, scoring a trio of Nittany Lion goals to seal the contest.

Terps On The Career Charts

• Ahearn holds steady at fourth in career draw controls with 288 in her career. Next on the list is No. 3 Lizzie Colson, who had 324 from 2017-21. The all-time time draw controls record is held by Taylor Cummings, who had 509 from 2013-16. 
• Sterling remained eighth in career saves with six in the game. She now has 443. Next up is passed Alexis Venechanos, who had 446 from 2000-03. Next up is No. 6 Brittany Dipper, who had 490 from 2009-12 The all-time saves record is held by Alex Kahoe, who had 968 from 1997-2000.  

LIBBY HATTY 🎩

Much needed. 6-4 Penn State. pic.twitter.com/N0nXMmW1C3

— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) April 14, 2023

Multi-Terps Update

• May (three goals) recorded her 13th multi-point game, 12th multi-goal game, and ninth hat trick in 16 games this season. In her career, she now has 47 multi-point games, 43 multi-goal games and 27 hat tricks in 60 career games. 
• In her freshman season, Edmondson (three goals) has recorded multiple points in 10 games with multiple goals in all of them, and hat tricks in nine games. 

By The Numbers

• 3: May recorded her ninth hat trick this season and 27th in her career. 
• 6: Bosco has six games with three or more caused turnovers this season. 
• 31: Edmondson has 31 goals in the last 11 games.
• 43: May has points in 43 consecutive games, dating back to 2022. 

Up Next

• The Terps travel to No. 2 Northwestern for their regular-season finale. That game is set for Saturday, April 22 in Evanston and will air on Big Ten Network at 8 p.m. ET.